Pushed, not screwed

Hövelhof, Germany – The new KES series of gland plates from CONTA-CLIP enables the quick and safe introduction of cables and tubes without connectors into cabinets and machine housings. KES plates provide IP66 ingress protection with no need to specially fit and secure cables with screws.

Automotive Products via Distribution Partner

Thyrnau, Germany – In line with its parent company Würth Elektronik eiSos and their US sister company Wurth Electronics Midcom, now another sister company, Würth Elektronik iBE too offers selected products via the distributor Digi-Key Electronics. Both companies agreed to make standard products - such as SMD rod core chokes, molded SMD power chokes, SMD flat wire power inductors and design kits - available worldwide through Digi-Key Electronics with immediate effect. In addition to these and other high-grade standard products, Würth Elektronik iBE also develops customized solutions for the demanding automotive market.

Taipei, Taiwan - Test Research, Inc. (TRI), a leading test and inspection systems provider for the electronics manufacturing industry, announced its participation in Fuji’s ELF Standard for M2M in SMT Assembly. TRI are firm believers that Industry 4.0 will revolutionize how the SMT Industry operates by being able to interconnect different machines from different vendors providing and optimizing their production lines.

San Diego, CA - Alex Malek, Vice President of Sales and Service, North America at Saki joins Philip Stoten at APEX 2018 to discuss hisview of the global markets, as well as developments in their inspection solutions.

Strambino, Italy - After the successful first edition, the Seica Seminar again took place in Israel on 20th February 2018. Seica's local representative, Spider Engineering, arranged a perfectly executed event in the beautiful Daniel Hotel in Herzliya with over 130 people attending.

The participants, a real technological elite, represented a large number of defense institutions, government corporations and private companies, once more demonstrating the complexity and the extremely high value of the Israeli market in the electronics environment.

Thief River Falls, WI - Analog Devices’ LTC7124 is a dual channel, high efficiency, monolithic step-down regulator providing outputs up to 3.5 A per channel. The device features low quiescent current and integrates low resistance N-Channel MOSFETS to provide up to 95% efficiency. The LTC7124 has wide VIN and VOUT ranges and a programmable switching frequency from 500 kHz to 4 MHz, with external synchronization up to ±25% of the set frequency. The regulator features tight output voltage accuracy, and the outputs can be configured as a 2-phase single output at up to 7 A. The user can also select Burst Mode® operation for high efficiency at light loads or forced continuous mode to minimize output ripple and is ideal for battery-powered systems and point-of-load supplies. https://www.digikey.com/en/product-hi...

EMI Shielding and Thermal Interface Materials take Top Honors

Irvine, CA – At last week’s IPC APEX Expo event in San Diego, CA, Henkel’s Adhesive Electronics group continued its winning streak, landing two trophies in Circuits Assembly magazine’s annual NPI Awards contest. The program, which recognizes leading products for electronics assembly introduced during the last year, leverages a judging panel of practicing industry engineers to decide the most impactful technologies as compared to others in specific categories. Each product is evaluated on challenging metrics including creativity and innovation, compatibility with existing technology, cost-effectiveness, design, reliability, flexibility, performance, user-friendliness and throughput capability.

Chandler, AZ – On the heels of installing its 11,000th inspection solution at Dynamic Manufacturing, a Matric Group Company, Koh Young reports that they experienced their best IPC APEX Expo. “With more qualified leads than ever before, the Americas market is embracing the leading technologies and solutions we provide to the industry,” said Juan Arango, Managing Director at Koh Young America.

Showcased on TT Electronics Booth 625 at APEC 2018

Woking, UK - TT Electronics, a global provider of engineered electronics for performance critical applications, today launched the HA19 series of common mode chokes for use in electronic power steering (EPS) noise suppression applications. With high performance and AECQ-200 certification, the HA19 series devices are ‘automotive ready’ for the new generation of motor vehicles.

High-Pb solders have been used as die-attach materials for decades in discrete power packages. Due to the known harmful effects of Pb to human health and the environment, and the demand of SiC power device serving under higher junction temperature, alternative Pb-free materials have been studied intensively.

Genk, Belgium - Dr Jörg Handke (39) is the new manager of the business unit “systems” of IPTE Germany GmbH (Ltd.), a subsidiary of IPTE Factory Automation, one of the world’s leading suppliers of automated production equipment for the electronics and mechanics industry. Dr Handke holds a PhD in physics and is a certificated project manager.

EAGAN, MN - Ironwood Electronics recently introduced a new BGA socket addressing high performance requirements for testing BGA devices - SBT-BGA-7051. The contactor is a stamped spring pin with 31 gram actuation force per ball and cycle life of 125,000 insertions. The self inductance of the contactor is 0.88 nH, insertion loss < 1 dB at 15.7 GHz and capacitance 0.097pF. The current capacity of each contactor is 4 amps at 30C temperature rise. Socket temperature range is -55C to +180C. Socket also features a floating guide for precise ball to pin alignment. The specific configuration of the package to be tested in the SBT-BGA-7051 is Low Power DDR4 memory chip (BGA, 10x14.5mm, 0.8mm pitch, 200 position, 12x18 ball array).

New Britain, CT - MicroCare Corp. the industry’s leading manufacturer of critical cleaning, coating and lubrication products, has recognized its highest achieving partners at IPC APEX EXPO, in San Diego, CA with the presentation of the ‘MicroCare Distributor of the Year’ and ‘Representative of the Year’ Awards.

Taipei, Taiwan - Test Research, Inc. (TRI), the leading test and inspection system provider for the SMT industry proudly announces that the company’s new generation AOI, TR7700Q, received CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY’s 2018 NPI Award at a ceremony held during the 2018 IPC APEX show in San Diego, CA, USA.

Plymouth, WI — Kurtz Ersa North America, a leading supplier of electronics production equipment, today announced plans to exhibit at the SMTA Dallas and Houston Expo & Tech Forums. The SMTA Dallas Expo is scheduled to take place Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at the Plano Centre in Plano, TX. The Houston Expo & Tech Forum will be held Thursday, April 12, 2018 at the Bayou City Event Center in Houston, TX

Hamburg,Germany - YXLON, an enterprise of the Swiss Comet Group, continues to pioneer in the field of non-destructive material testing and computed tomography with the introduction of the FF85 CT. The new CT inspection system sets new standards for ease of use and overall system flexibility. With features such as dual X-ray tube configuration and high-precision granite manipulator providing up to 7 axes, the FF85 CT is an all-round CT system for the testing of both small and large parts as well as materials of varying densities. It also runs on the Geminy software platform already in use in the more compact YXLON FF20 CT and FF35 CT systems.